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This powerpoint contains activities for several learning levels to aide understanding and analysis of Walt Whitman's and Emily Dickenson's poems. Several poems are provided in this file with summaries and activities. To understand the poems, students are asked to circle words or phrases on each line they do not understand and then write out to the side what they think it means. This is a great strategy I learned from Kelly Gallagher. Teachers can model this strategy and then place students in groups to work on poems, or guide students through the analysis of each poem by calling upon him or her. Then, students summarize each poem after the analysis. For students who need a little extra help, summaries are provided with blanks. Also, some activities are also provided for students to demonstrate their understanding of the poems. These include character men, conversations, news articles, letters, and picture summaries. These activities can be used with or in place of the summaries. Two essays are also included in the power point. One of these has a model essay for students who may struggle with writing. No textbook is needed, except for some biographical information, since copies of the poems are included. Thanks for looking and Happy English. Penny Wood